nichte
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *nift, from Proto-Germanic *niftiz.
Noun
nichte f
- female relative
- female cousin
- niece
- granddaughter
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- nifte
Descendants
- Dutch: nift (obsolete), nicht
- Limburgish: nich
- → West Frisian: nicht
Further reading
- “nichte”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “nichte (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I